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The Burden of Truth

The Burden of Proof

Select Pictures (Cosmopolitan)
Directed by Julius Steeger
1918

Cast:
Marion Davies, Mary Richards, Eloise Clement, John Merkyl, Maude Lowe.

Synopsis:
In Washington D.C., young Elanie (Marion) is in love with a young Statesman named Robert. Their family had lost it's fortune and her mother was reduced to writing a gossip column for a newspaper. The owner of the newspaper, William Kemp, is a German spy. Elaine and Robert are married, but before their honeymoon, the spies frame Elaine into looking guilty of being a spy herself. A mishap occurs on their honeymoon that makes Robert think that Elaine is a spy as well. The Dept. of Justice finally nabs the real spies and Robert begs Elaine for forgiveness.